Biography
Danese Kenon is a dynamic visual educator and coach with nearly two decades of photojournalism experience. Kenon is the Managing Editor of Visuals at The Philadelphia Inquirer. She is also a licensed drone pilot, adding aerial storytelling to her visual journalism expertise. Kenon teaches multimedia journalism, photojournalism, and leadership at The Kalish and to NABJ student journalists. She is available for public speaking events and private coaching on storytelling, visual editing, and leadership. Follow her on Instagram @danesekenon.
My Work
Danese Kenon started her career as a photographer at The Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, NY, then earned a master’s in photography from the SI Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University. A Pulliam Fellowship took Kenon to The Indianapolis Star, where she was a photographer, multimedia journalist and editor. She moved into management as Assistant Managing Editor/Visuals at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and later as the Deputy Director of Video/Multimedia at the Tampa Bay Times. She is currently the Managing Editor of Visuals at The Philadelphia Inquirer.